The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-05

THE body of an unknown man was found
dead in bayou in the woods near the
Miami river, one mile below Franklin, the
other morning, by Theodore Thompson,
farmer, where it is supposed it had been
washed during the recent flood. 1t wasina
badly decomposed condition, and had the
appearance of having lain in the water for
long time The coroner being summoned,
the body was taken to town and the
clothing searched, which resulted in the
finding of 1895 in silver coin, short lead
pencil, piece of star tobacco and Ma
sonic pin ON his vest. From the numbers
on his shirt it is supposed that he was an
inmate of the Dayton Soldiers Home. In
ouiry was made Of the authorities Of the
above institution, and the information
ELECTED that the man found answers to the
description Of Jeremiah Lynch, who left
the Soldiers Home at Dayton on one days.
furlough in December and has not been
heard Of since. There were several bruises
on the head; one in particular over the
right eye which gave evidence of having
been inflicted with dull instrument.
The startling report reached Canton on
the 22d that graveyard ghouls have been at
work south Of the city, and that one, II not
more bodies, had been snatchcd. A few
days ago, Amos Zerbe, well-known citi-
| zen and business man Of Canton, died and
his body was inferred in cemetery just
outside the southern city limits. The SEX
ton saw some suspicious looking charac-
ters hanging around the cemetery after
the interment, and ON the 21st noticed that
the earth over the newly made grave Of
Zerbe had sunk great deal lower than is
usual, and, becoming alarmed, he dug to
the coffin, opened it and found it empty,
the body having been removed. 1t is sup
posed that the body was shipped to Cleve-
land.
The report Of the statistician of the Ag-
ricultural Department, just issued, shows
that there are in Ohio 761,2l7 horses, val
ued at 82,89s, col; mules, PATIO, value,
s., 1851; mich cows, oxen and other vat
tie, 1,773,2 ,2O6, valued at S40, ,463, ,259; sheep,
4,t62, ,9l3, value, $ll 5s3 675; hogs, $500, ,S3i,
valued ut s12,9 1852.
A MAN giving his name as Henry Adams
has been swindling Ohio farmers. He Of
fered them the agency Of o tool-sharpener
II they would sign An order for sample,
which hundreds of them did. The orders
, turn out now to be promissory notes, and
the farmers don't know what to do about it..
: JOSEPH j. PETREI, Of Racine, a man over
: sixty years of age, was knocked down in
the dark and his beard plucked out by u
band calling themselves "The White
, caps" who supposed he had been guilty OF
improper conduct towards little girls.
DAYTON gets s57,879.05 under tho distribu-
ton of the Dow tax law
LEVI MILLER, Conroy, jumped of NOV
' ing train ON tho r., Ft. w. & q. road and
0 was killed.
= HENRY MERsMAEN, who shot and killed
0 BENJAMIN j. Kicking, Cincinnati, has been
0 held by the coroner on charge OF murder
i In the first degree. Kitty Brown 10 held al
o accessory to the crime.
THE decision Of the Supreme Court ol
Ohio as to the right Of the city OF Cincin
@ natl TO receive certain portion OF the Dow
a tax, will give the police fund over $4,000
n EDWARD JORDAN, who shot Matilda War
+ rem, in Cincinnati, has been held by thu
. coroner on charge Of murder In the frs
- degree. ,t.ts ~~t LH.s
- A PLEA Of guilty to Q charge OF mayhem
70 has landed John Ross, Of Lima, in the pen
itentiary for year.